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The first step to prevent oily skin is cleansing. How to choose the right cleanser for oily skin?

It’s well known that teens can spend hours in the bathroom… But not necessarily to wash their face! And yet, skin hygiene is the first step in a care routine, especially when the skin is oily or prone to acne. Between those who tend to do too much, using products that are too aggressive in the hope of scrubbing their oily skin away, and those who prefer to let nature take its course, there is the right routine. Find out about good hygiene habits to adopt for oily skin and discover our gentle cleansers for oily skin.

Why is washing oily skin so important? Because it’s where everything starts, excess sebum is the first problem when it comes to oily & acne-prone skin. There’s no use trying to have healthy skin without blemishes or applying products that treat pimples, blackheads or too much sebum if the skin hasn’t been properly cleaned. It won’t work! Oily skin secretes too much sebum, which blocks pores. The result is shiny skin and dilated pores, with blackheads. These comedones can turn into spots if bacteria grow. Only rigorous daily hygiene will break the vicious cycle.

Morning and night, the skin gets dirty naturally with sweat, continuously secreted sebum, dead skin, bacteria, make-up, sunscreen, dust and pollution particles that stick on top… Cleansing twice a day is the only way to remove all of these impurities that accumulate¹. Otherwise, the skin suffocates, pores get blocked² and pimples develop. Even in the morning, a simple rinse with floral water isn’t enough to eliminate impurities that are deposited overnight.

Cleansing needs to remove all residue that has accumulated on the skin without stripping it. The idea is to keep the hydrolipidic film³ that protects the skin and maintain physiological pH levels. Why? Because a pH that is too basic is the perfect host for bacteria and acne! If pimples are a problem, cleaning morning and night is even more important.

Never use any alcohol, antiseptics or soap that can destroy skin microflora and dry the skin out while unnecessarily raising its pH.
Specific cleanser for oily skin and acne such as Sebium Foaming Gel deep cleans oily skin without drying. It perfectly cleanses the skin, respects the hydrolipidic film that protects the epidermis, preserves the physiological pH and mattifies for about four hours.
Alternatively, specific micellar water for acne such as Sebium H2O has the advantage of being both effective and rapid to use. A quick wipe with a cotton pad is generally enough, and there is no need to rinse. All impurities are removed from the skin, whatever their origin. Micellar solutions formulated for acne-prone skin also respect the hydrolipidic film that naturally protects skin and its pH.

¹EMC, Aesthetic Cosmetology and Dermatology, Cleaning Product, Michèle Sayag, October 2014
²The effect of a daily facial cleanser for normal to oily skin on the skin barrier of subjects with acne, Draelos ZD, Cutis 2006
³Effect of detergents on Acne, Barry A. Salomon, MD, Alan R. Shalita, MD, 1996

The skin is an ecosystem whose balance can be upset by either internal or environmental factors. For combination or oily skin, sebum’s equilibrium needs to be restored. The skin itself inspired BIODERMA to develop Sébium Foaming Gel, a purifying gentle cleanser that removes impurities & controls shine.

Sébium Foaming Gel lastingly takes care of combination and oily skin to create more balanced skin that is never overtreated, and whose microflora are respected.

Objective: Healthy Skin

Adapted to women and men, adults and teens, Sébium Foaming Gel has both a cleansing and purifying action. It helps prevent blemishes and helps the skin to lastingly regulate its sebum secretion. The skin becomes more resistant within its ecosystem.

Good to know

Sébium Foaming Gel’s attractive blue colour is not in the least artificial. Ingredients, such as copper and zinc, give it its hue.

Less blemishes, less oiliness. Gently purifies right from cleansing.

Sébium Foaming Gel gently cleanses and purifies without drying out skin:

Its ultra-gentle, soap-free formula removes all dirt and impurities while respecting the skin’s balance:

Physiological pH is maintained
The hydrolipidic film is preserved to retain moisture in the skin
The DAF patented natural complex increases the skin’s tolerance threshold

Containing zinc sulphate and copper sulphate, it limits sebum secretion, reduces shine – effective for up to 4 hours, and helps to reduce the number of pimples.

Anti-blemish efficacy (28-day non-comedogenicity test):

23% decrease in the total number of acne lesions

Sebum-regulating efficacy:

68% decrease immediately after use
49.5% decrease after 4 hours
37.5% decrease after 28 days.^*

^*Clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of Sebium Gel Moussant on the oil control effect – 20 subjects with combination, oily and acne-prone skin, Brazil 2015

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Purifying cleansing micelle solution.

Sébium H2O Micellar Water is the dermatological micellar water that cleanses, removes make-up & purifies the skin without drying it. Gently freed from make-up and impurities. Shine control.

Benefiting from the BIODERMA micellar technology, it removes all make-up, fine particles & impurities while respecting the skin’s balance:

Physiological pH is maintained
The skin barrier is preserved
The DAF patented natural complex increases the skin’s tolerance threshold

Sébium H2O contains copper sulphate and zinc gluconate, antimicrobial agents that purify the skin. Immediately upon cleansing, Sébium H2O regulates excess sebum secretion, prevents comedones from forming and soothes irritation.